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Kara D. Dense, executive director of the Greenbrier County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) announced the CVB received three of 14 total Shining Example Awards selected annually by the 12-state Southeast Tourism Society (STS) at the association’s inaugural Connections conference in April at Myrtle Beach. The Shining Example Awards highlight the best work in the…
The July 4 holiday is falling on a Wednesday this year, making it difficult for families to etch out a three- or four-day weekend. Canaan Valley Resort in West Virginia’s Potomac Highlands is starting the celebration early so guests won’t have to take that extra vacation day or miss out on the holiday festivities. The…
Five graduates of Marshall University’s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications (SOJMC) are being inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. Betsy Alderman, Andrea Billups, Frank Giardina, Todd Marcum and Jerry Tipton officially will be inducted during a ceremony this fall. “The five alumni being inducted into our Hall of Fame have had distinguished and…
Marshall University President Jerome A. Gilbert today announced that Dr. Jaime (pronounced “Hi-meh”) R. Taylor, dean of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at Austin Peay State University, has been named Marshall’s next provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. Taylor replaces Dr. Gayle L. Ormiston, who has announced he will step…
The MedExpress Girls on the Run of North Central West Virginia 5K will be held Saturday, May 26, 2018, at 10 a.m. at the West Virginia University (WVU) Evansdale Campus in Morgantown. Girls on the Run is a physical-activity-based positive youth development program that prepares 3rd to 8th grade girls for a 5K event along…
Retail bank investments in technology are paying off in the form of substantial numbers of digital-only bank customers, but some of that growth may be coming at the expense of customer satisfaction. According to the J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study,SM released today, 28% of retail bank customers are now digital-only, but they…